Mississippi State University

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M. E. Dame

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Description

Circuit court case detailing the promise to pay for the hiring of an enslaved person.

Transcription

Enslaved persons mentioned on the following pages: PAGE ONE [[…]] "for the hire of one negro man [[?]] during the balance of the year eighteen hundred and sixty" PAGE THREE On the Twenty-fifth day of December [[?]] or either of us promise to pay Miss. M. E. Daniel on order two-hundred and twenty-five dollars for the hire of one negro man Willis during the balance of the year eighteen hundred and sixty.

Approximate Creation Date

1861-01-29

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Slaveholders ; Slavery--Mississippi ; Slavery--Mississippi--History--Sources

Keywords

slavery ; enslaved persons ; Mississippi

Geographic Location

Harris (Miss.)

Object Type

Text

Physical Format

Document

Digital Format

TIFF

Physical ID

MSS 658 Todd A. Herring Collection, Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Digital ID

MFM_MSS-658_1861-05_legal-document_001 ; MFM_MSS-658_1861-05_legal-document_002 ; MFM_MSS-658_1861-05_legal-document_003 ; MFM_MSS-658_1861-05_legal-document_004 ; MFM_MSS-658_1861-05_legal-document_005

Source

MSS 658 Todd A. Herring Collection, Manuscripts Division, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries.

Repository

Mississippi State University Libraries

Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries

The State of Mississippi Harris County Circuit Court 2nd District to May Term 1861

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